Works

Nicholas Bodde’s colour-intensive painting unfolds on an aluminium background. Horizontal surfaces structure his paintings as colored parallels radiating into space. The rich palette includes pure tones and mixtures rich in nuances, so that the respective color tone oscillates between strong contrasts and delicate pastel sequences. …

Wave I
No. 1520 Slim
Stele I-24
No. 1597 Vertical
No. 1632 Slim
No. 1636 Slim
No. 1590 Slim
No. 1589 Oval
No. 1583 Circle
No. 1580 Oval
No. 1544 Slim
No. 1543 Slim
Farbstele
No. 1419 Circle
No. 1418 Circle
No. 1411 Circle
No. 1049 Circle

… Nicholas Bodde’s paintings are the result of an intense, slowly advanced painting process in which the artist addresses color as a concrete phenomenon in the interplay of contrasts and variations as well as the rhythmic polyphony of their surface design, which they reveal precisely from close up. While shiny, reflective fields incorporate the surroundings into the pictorial space, roughened surfaces pass on haptic stimuli to the viewer’s eye – again and again this delicate relief emphasizes the sensual character of painting. Their multi-part staggering condenses the colored composition.

Corona Unger